Power, Privilege & Oppression with Huronia Transition Homes (Youth Workshop)

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Learn to recognize power, privilege and oppression, and the anti-oppression work you can do in your day-to-day life - all while earning volunteer service hours! Free lunch provided.

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• For more info and to register, visit midlandlibrary.com

Organizer

Jennifer Paquette

Vision Statement

The Midland Public Library will be a central part of what makes Midland and the surrounding areas a great place to live, work & play.

Mission Statement

To provide engagement, inspiration & empowerment.

Strategic Plan

Offering superior service in a welcoming, collaborative environment for the residents of Midland and neighbouring communities is the highest priority for the Midland Public Library and the Board.

Huronia Transition Homes

Our Beliefs

- We believe that violence against women is an equality issue.

- We believe that violence is used to control women and children.

- We believe that people in positions of power create society’s standards and stereotypes. Individuals outside of these standards are often excluded.

- We believe that violence against women is everywhere in society. We are all responsible for ending violence against women.

- We believe that violence against women will end when all women have the right to self-determination (the freedom to live and act as one chooses).

- We believe that we must continually work to reduce barriers to: education, housing, childcare, employment, healthcare and the legal system.

- We believe that women’s response to violence and abuse should not be criminalized and or pathologized (to view or characterize as psychologically abnormal).

- We believe that violence against women must be addressed with an understanding of racism and oppression.

- We believe different experiences and additional barriers exist in shelters, communities and institutions for Indigenous women, racialized women and women from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

- We believe that violence against women is a human rights violation and that perpetrators must be held accountable.

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